A lot of people in my late father’s hometown of Namhae, South Korea remembered him well. I got them together and made spicy pork and a few side dishes for lunch.
These cold, spicy noodles served on a large platter, called jaengban-guksu, were a really trendy in Korea when my children were young. They were all over the media and my friends and I all made them for our families. When developing this recipe I asked my daughter if she remembered me making this for her […]
Today I’m introducing you to my family’s all time favorite dish, haemuljeon, a Korean pancake made with a few different kinds of seafood. Growing up in a harbor city on the southern coast of South Korea, every meal table was abundant with seafood. The traditional open air market was very close to my house so […]
Buchu-japchae is Asian chives stir-fried with meat and vegetables. It’s usually served in Korean-Chinese restaurants with Kkotppang (Steamed flower-shaped buns). When you go to Korean-Chinese restaurants this delicious stirfry is the most popular dish after jjajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce), jjamppong (seafood and noodle soup), and tangsuyuk (Sweet and sour pork). A lot of […]
Jokbal is rich and savory pig’s trotters braised in seasonings for hours until they totally absorb the flavors and are soft, shiny, and glazed, with the meat falling off the bone. This recipe took me years to perfect and it can’t get any better.
Today I’m going to introduce you to ppyeo-haejangguk, or ox bone hangover soup. This soup is made from boiling ox bones for hours and hours until all the delicious, nutritious meat, marrow, and ligaments dissolve and create a hearty bone broth. The resulting soup is rich, savory, earthy, and best of all, after one spoonful I can feel […]
Koreans have long salted and preserved yellow corvina (gulbi: 굴비), as a way to make them more delicious and keep them longer. Yeong-gwang, in South Jeolla province, is especially well-known for gulbi and you’ll see large racks of them there, drying in the sun and ocean breeze. They can be found sold frozen in the […]
Today I’m going to show my my all-time favorite fast and easy recipe for a quick, spicy salad that can be made from a head of lettuce. When my napa cabbage kimchi gets old and sour, I sometimes crave a fresher kimchi that’s not so aged. Sangchu-geotjeori is a bright, spicy, lightly seasoned lettuce salad […]
I had a cookbook signing party in the Union Square farmer’s market this summer. I prepared some of my homemade kimchi and everyone was invited to come out & try some & say hello. It was a lot of fun and it was awesome to see many of my longtime fans at the market. Some […]
I was honored to be invited by the Decatur Book Festival this year to do a cooking demo and book signing. It’s one of the biggest book festivals in the US, and I was excited by the idea of going to Decatur, Georgia, which I had never been to (and is part of Atlanta), and also […]
Today let’s make some soegogi-jeon, or beef pancakes. It’s a super-simple recipe that pretty much every meat eater loves: nice, tender beef sliced thinly, battered lightly in flour and egg and pan fried quickly. The result is light, meaty, savory, golden brown, and really delicious. This is a Korean side dish (banchan) recipe meant to be served with […]
Hello my cookbook purchasers! Have you enjoyed some recipes from my cookbook? Yes! I know many of you have already made delicious dishes from the cookbook! I’m very excited whenever I get messages from you guys about it, or see your photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and your own blogs. I wanted to make a […]
Hi everybody, I’m so excited today because there’s an article in The New York Times about me, on the front page of the Food section! A couple weeks ago Julia Moskin from The New York Times came to my house to film a video where I show her how to cook bulgogi. Of course I […]
Hi, everybody! My new cookbook will go on sale next month. It’s hard to believe that it will finally be here, I’ve actually been working on it for four years, from beginning to end. It was a lot more work than I ever expected, but I’m so excited that you will finally be able to hold […]
Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.
